Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Washington Post about the Nuclear Posture Review. Alex Bell, an Obama administration official and disarmament advocate at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, criticized the Pentagon for effectively abandoning the quest for nuclear reductions, saying it is treating the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons that Obama […]
US unveils new nuclear weapons strategy
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Financial Times about the Nuclear Posture Review. “I think it’s a dangerous and destabilising break with 40 years of bipartisan efforts to reduce nuclear threats around the world,” said Alexandra Bell at the Center for Arms Control and a former non-proliferation official at the state department. She argued […]
Donald Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game of Nuclear Poker
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was featured in the Time Magazine February 12 cover story weighing in on nuclear miscalculation. Philip Coyle, a former test director at the Nevada Test Site, also warned about the chance of miscalculation. “This is a time where we need more thought about where we’ve been and where we’re headed,” […]
The Other NPR: Nuclear Posture Review
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell talked to NPR — National Public Radio — about the NPR — Nuclear Posture Review. “We, like the Chinese and Russians, are investing in our nuclear weapons stockpile. The United States should not be buying into an idea that the expansion of a nuclear arsenal is somehow in our interests. […]
Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review aims to make nukes more ‘usable’
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell talked to ThinkProgress about the forthcoming nuclear posture review. “It’s concerning to me that the sections involving non-proliferation and nuclear security read as an afterthought,” Bell said. “It’s as if someone came along and said ‘You need to add this in.’” Bell was also concerned with the passivity of the […]
